Community Initiatives Fund in New Zealand
Deadline: 24-Aug-22
The South Taranaki District Council is pleased to announce an open call for the Community Initiatives Fund.
The purpose of the Community Initiatives Fund is to directly support South Taranaki community activities, initiatives, programmes, projects, and facilities that can demonstrate a positive contribution to the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of the South Taranaki community.
Funding Information
Requests for funding of less than $6,000 per annum will not be considered.
The Council may choose to allocate less than $6,000.00 per annum at their discretion.
Eligibility Criteria
Funding grants will be allocated at Council’s discretion as either a Multi-year (3 or 2 year) or One-off (1 year) grant.
Funding is to be complementary rather than a primary funder, priority may be given to applicants that can demonstrate that they are seeking other sources of funding.
Organisations requesting funding for activities, initiatives, programmes, projects and facilities that are usually funded by or already provided by Central Government or their subsidiaries are ineligible for funding under the Community Initiatives Fund.
The Council may take into consideration any current or previous funding that the applicant has received from the Council when assessing a funding application.
The applicant must disclose financial information and past contributions, this may include past applications, rates rebates or leases.
The Council reserves the right to approve or revoke perpetual Community Initiative Fund grants to an organisation at its discretion.
Note: The Council provides one round of Community Initiatives Funding per year subject to budget availability.
For more information, visit https://www.southtaranaki.com/our-community/funding-and-grants/community-initiatives-fund